High Impact Diaries - June 6, 2008

Welcome to H08 (uid 166778) who registered at 2008-06-07 05:34:14 EDT, the most recent of 126 in the preceding 24 hours.

Yesterday 479 Kogs posted 479 diaries of which 453 were recommended at least once by a cadre of 3872 recommending readers and viewed by 12023; 197 diaries were recommended by 10 or more readers, 50 by 30 or more, and 18 by 100 or more.  Commenters (3943) visited 472 diaries; 289 had 10 or more commenters, 78 had 30 or more, and 15 had 100 or more.

Impact statistics from all 479 diaries.
min = 0.00, median = 0.126, average = 0.32, max = 9.60, total =  154.4 bharns
r50 = 15 (at 2.37 bharns)

Recommendations and comments were collected Sat Jun  7 06:10:24 2008 EDT; diaries posted less than 24 hours before that remained open for recommendation at that time.  

Links to on site search for yesterday, a year ago, and the last 6 hours are also included.

2008-06-06 00:00:02 - 2008-06-06 23:58:11
DailyKos diaries = 479;  479 per day; 20.0 per hour
Active Kogs: 5691 (writes a diary, recommends a diary, or comments on a diary)
Lurkers: 6432 (only view diaries)

Kogs who	comment	recommend	write a diary	view a diary	CRW only	CRWV only	all
comment	3943	2187	413	3887	1544	17	201
recommend	2187	3872	204	3792	1682	43	201
write	413	204	479	472	63	1	201
view	3887	3792	472	12023		6432	201

Diaries

diaries with >=	0	1	10	30	100
recommendations	479	453	197	50	18
commentators	479	472	289	78	15
connections	479	453	355	140	20
views	479	479	479	455	269

Diaries with date of publication not same as sid date: 1

Impact statistics from all 479 diaries.
min = 0.00, median = 0.126, average = 0.32, max = 9.60, total =  154.4 bharns
r50 = 15 (at 2.37 bharns)

Graph statistics
Observed writer-(reader  or writer) pairs: 19826
Maximum possible such pairs: 5691 x 479 = 2725989
Network Density (observed/possible):  0.727%
Average degree (links/user) = 19826/5691 = 3.484

tags: approved|workspace|cleanup|quickjobs|search|tag guidelines
Number of distinct tags: 88880
Number of tag size classes: 748
Most often used tag: Barack Obama (32475 diaries)
Singleton tags: 54654 (attached to only one diary)
Orphaned tags: 477 (attached to deleted diaries)
n50: 273 (number of tags accounting for 50% of tagged diaries)
r50: 657 (number of diaries tagged by the tag just exceeding the n50 level)

• Up to 150 diaries, those with impact > 0.15, are shown below.
• The diaries are sorted by number of recommendations (nrec); those in bold were on the front page recommended list.
• The TableTools extension for the Firefox browser allows you to sort by any column.
• For a more complete description of the lists and statistics see this diary.

rank	nrec	ncom	tators	cnx	viewers	impact	Diary	Author	EDT
1	888	479	235	1038	8134	9.60	Now we know why Obama was in the U.S. Senate on Wednesday	markthshark	05:44
2	796	529	413	1022	5853	8.88	I'm shattered.	Killer of Sacred Cows	00:14
3	760	664	313	972	5491	8.47	MUST READ: Whitey Hoax blown wide open	The Termite	12:42
4	604	298	175	707	4202	6.54	SCOOP: DNC Conference Call today w/ Obama (updated)	denis diderot	18:25
5	444	371	189	547	2022	4.89	My Job Was Just Outsourced	LieparDestin	21:30
6	404	314	268	556	2202	4.63	My mom died today (Updated)	Azdak	03:30
7	388	360	219	534	5116	4.44	The six second video clip that mystified a nation (updated w/pic of bottle)	JedReport	17:48
8	380	431	177	483	2964	4.23	Wes Clark Endorses Barack Obama	Brandon Friedman	19:20
9	361	169	56	374	1072	3.77	Sibel Edmonds Case: More Destruction of Evidence re Nuclear Black Market	lukery	09:11
10	354	587	250	529	1869	4.19	BREAKING!!!! $150 a Barrel Oil Weeks Away?	Meteor Blades	16:27
11	343	117	65	366	2304	3.61	Running against the "Worst Person in the World"	Debbie Cook for Congress	01:04
12	336	356	212	499	4353	3.97	The MSM's temper tantrum at Obama	That Anonymous Guy	17:50
13	273	411	216	428	2726	3.30	Did women cost Clinton the nomination?	Bob Johnson	18:13
14	250	286	117	316	2201	2.78	If Joe Lieberman were on Facebook.	JeffLieber	13:28
15	237	1606	229	307	567	2.65	Mojo Friday - ????????? - Edition	TexDem	10:28
16	214	209	111	269	864	2.37	America should have listened to Jimmy Carter on Energy in 1977.	TomP	17:54
17	178	220	85	234	1414	2.00	Anyone on the OBAMA LGBT conference call?	MarkMarvin	19:13
18	107	103	46	119	246	1.14	IGTNT: O Beautiful and wise	moneysmith	19:37
19	76	39	29	87	246	0.82	I am on Bill Moyers' PBS show TONIGHT!	GregMitch	11:17
20	59	196	58	107	642	0.77	Joe Wilson Talks LIVE Today with Me & clammyc	thereisnospoon	15:27
21	58	141	39	77	221	0.66	Top Comments: The Prolific Commenters, Spring 2008	sardonyx	22:04
22	49	62	25	52	103	0.52	CA-42: I lost the primary but I'm not finished.	Ron Shepston for Congress	14:26
23	47	124	51	79	285	0.59	Obama/Schweitzer '08: Yes, Schweitzer.	Stroszek	10:58
24	46	158	39	56	101	0.50	Mojo Friday Postgame Show - 6/6 - Updated	goffnews	16:30
25	42	53	14	44	99	0.44	Black Kos, Week in Review	Black Kos	09:39
26	42	26	14	50	338	0.46	I introduced my wife to Obama tonight...	LearningCurve	21:03
27	41	48	19	46	117	0.44	Wastrels	Asinus Asinum Fricat	11:12
28	40	80	36	61	398	0.48	A U-turn on Obama Clinton	Jim Neal	12:04
29	40	19	15	46	87	0.43	Rove and Katrina: New Book	nolakohler	19:16
30	40	19	10	41	67	0.42	High Impact Diaries - June 5, 2008	jotter	09:18
31	39	64	44	72	516	0.51	Sasha's Slumber Party!!! Barack won't get much sleep this weekend!	schennessy	23:02
32	39	60	28	55	321	0.45	Frameshop: McCain Not A Real Man, Says Limbaugh	Jeffrey Feldman	12:48
33	38	23	12	44	107	0.41	Aluminum Dust Burnt His Flesh and Muscle Tissue	Bendygirl	08:54
34	35	116	59	87	752	0.55	Politco: She Had to Be Pushed Out	RandySF	00:01
35	35	88	31	54	195	0.42	Oil Prices Up Record on Iran Attack Plan News	FishOutofWater	16:06
36	35	62	28	52	442	0.41	Every Hillary Supporter... Should Vote for John McCain	The Baculum King	20:44
37	35	35	21	42	90	0.38	Close the School of the Americas	Chris Lugo for US Senate	00:56
38	34	136	59	69	272	0.47	Ladies only!	ThatPoshGirl	15:21
39	34	41	29	55	229	0.42	KBR Flag Flown at U.S. Army Base	Little	11:45
40	33	16	11	37	179	0.35	Latinos Embracing Obama	wisconsin girl	09:24
41	32	165	39	49	73	0.38	What Are You Reading, vol. 88:  Reading and Writing	jlms qkw	08:31
42	32	122	40	63	526	0.43	Interesting poll out of West Virginia	Skulnick	10:10
43	32	29	17	42	113	0.36	$100 to the DNC - Your Turn (Update X2)	mikeplugh	01:21
44	31	54	40	60	720	0.42	NYT: Obama Said He'd Be Hopeful But Now He's Criticizing McCain!	jre	22:29
45	31	31	14	36	59	0.33	But remember:  It's about more than climate change	Eric Zencey	12:16
46	31	18	15	39	204	0.34	Obama Rips GOP, McCain on Climate Change Bill Failure	kubla000	13:41
47	30	28	17	40	350	0.34	Colbert - McCain Green Screen challenge	tiponeill	17:11
48	30	23	16	36	209	0.33	I single-handedly took McCain down today!	The Troubadour	22:20
49	30	18	10	33	71	0.32	June 6, 1944: D-Day	iampunha	15:25
50	30	12	10	34	102	0.32	Traitor Joe's Summer Guide 2008	Chris in West Seattle	09:40
51	29	91	18	31	90	0.31	Overnight News Digest: Cyclists form a first-of-its-kind union	Magnifico	23:54
52	29	38	18	41	97	0.34	Commodity markets and supply/demand balance	tjlord	16:47
53	29	30	22	44	194	0.35	With apologies to Gary Larson	OWCH	14:17
54	29	24	12	33	96	0.31	Overnight News Digest: The fog has lifted...	Sidof79	00:13
55	28	275	112	118	456	0.66	A question for those who lived through the 70's and 80's	MsLibrarian	20:29
56	28	61	34	55	419	0.38	Surprising West Virginia  Poll: Obama -8	matthewcc	12:50
57	28	47	21	40	151	0.33	Why I will keep coming to Daily Kos	mamamarti	11:16
58	28	32	14	38	439	0.32	Another Obama "problem" demographic surprises the pundits (+poll)	Praxxus	09:22
59	28	31	21	40	170	0.33	Bob Graham throws some Everglades mud at McCain	route66	15:26
60	27	83	51	67	611	0.42	Lieberman Just Pounded The Last Nail....	PrdAmerican	01:44
61	27	74	23	45	189	0.34	Welcome, McCain bloggers - a challenge	shpilk	11:01
62	27	52	31	50	157	0.35	So we really can't impeach?  What, then?	chumley	02:55
63	27	38	22	37	126	0.31	Grace, Privacy and the Public Square.	Granny Doc	10:29
64	27	33	19	39	263	0.32	Obama Announces Two-Week Economic Tour	bawbie	16:30
65	27	18	11	30	113	0.29	Which Side Are You On?	sarahlane	16:43
66	26	206	47	58	136	0.38	Friday Night at the Movies: Come Fly with Me!	Land of Enchantment	22:10
67	26	75	25	37	151	0.30	Frugal Friday or smaller can be better.	FrugalGranny	14:59
68	26	59	29	49	341	0.34	Rush boasts of insider knowledge of pending Iran attack	Inky99	14:34
69	26	23	10	30	53	0.28	Medicated Military, updated	cactusflinthead	13:28
70	25	94	18	30	59	0.27	The Alton Weekly Inquirer!  6-6-08	AAbshier	09:36
71	25	74	33	49	239	0.34	Why I didn't pick "Energy Star."	futurebird	15:24
72	25	53	27	40	221	0.31	I bought an electric scooter	Sick Of It	22:50
73	25	8	6	27	62	0.26	The War: Kiribati must not stand!	mwmwm	17:11
74	24	57	23	41	633	0.30	VIDEO showing start of Obama-Lieberman encounter	ajc1485	00:39
75	24	45	32	49	336	0.33	Lieberman: "I was the Democrat Party's Vice Presidential Nominee"	EmperorHadrian	21:16
76	24	26	16	34	729	0.28	BREAKING: Obama's secret shame unmasked !!!	8ackgr0und N015e	16:42
77	24	10	7	30	166	0.27	COLUMN: Why The Populist Uprising Could Be Good for Progressives	davidsirota	12:06
78	23	79	46	62	453	0.38	Great words by Peggy Noonan.  Seriously.	jkddude	20:47
79	23	72	24	37	190	0.28	Bad Campaign Websites	Bamos	01:20
80	23	48	34	49	301	0.33	Hillary's New Job	Cenk Uygur	14:29
81	23	47	33	48	160	0.32	Sincere Questions for Hillary Supporters Who Intend to Vote for John McCain	TexanJane	11:48
82	23	35	22	38	200	0.29	Frickin' Laser Beams	Rimjob	14:01
83	23	18	14	28	78	0.25	Open letter to women supporters of Hillary Clinton	larbabe	07:58
84	23	8	8	25	62	0.24	Global Warming 101 - a short reading list for everyone	bklynarch	20:42
85	22	104	49	62	225	0.38	Happy days are here again! (In Praise of Hillary)	jenontheshore	15:35
86	22	88	42	57	530	0.36	Hillary Clinton must be vice president.	droogie6655321	16:29
87	22	60	33	48	301	0.32	Larry Johnson - Man of Intrique	TocqueDeville	20:22
88	22	33	23	36	244	0.27	Tom DeLay, you don't want to go there.	Trotsky the Horse	11:37
89	22	29	14	31	62	0.25	McPandering to AIPAC	Jeff Huber	08:04
90	22	11	8	25	101	0.24	Truthiness into the inbox ...	A Siegel	22:52
91	20	45	26	39	226	0.27	DNC releases new McCain ad	Deoliver47	12:44
92	20	43	27	44	508	0.29	Obama's Death Blow	brooklynbadboy	14:33
93	20	33	25	42	284	0.28	Robert Reich says No to Hillary as VP	jjmn	19:48
94	20	31	18	28	87	0.23	Friday Evening photoblogging: Nature vs. the city	dmsilev	18:37
95	20	23	19	34	159	0.25	From a Non-American, Thank You!	HufflepuffGirl	00:38
96	20	21	17	36	455	0.26	Obama wins easily, says MSN blogger, citing Poblano	sundodger	16:19
97	20	19	9	24	76	0.22	Oxford Town, Oxford Town - Obama & History	mitch2k2	11:05
98	20	19	8	23	186	0.22	Obama Arrested For Campaigning, Bush Steals Tornado Aid	Lib Dem FoP	09:33
99	20	11	11	25	113	0.22	Beautiful Unity @ the Texas State Demo Convention	Steven R	10:07
100	19	52	31	39	361	0.26	I'm very frightened	Acugal	16:46
101	19	23	13	26	93	0.22	All right, then, how can we help?	David Brin	18:22
102	19	14	13	28	170	0.22	Bill Moyers Journal - June 6th 2008	TomFromNJ	22:28
103	19	6	5	21	47	0.20	Mexican-American Petróleo and the GOP Machine	relikx	01:50
104	18	238	51	59	308	0.35	Obama's speech to AIPAC	Lefty Coaster	01:00
105	18	13	10	24	90	0.20	Unemployment Rate Surges	boogieandjive	09:00
106	18	11	7	22	214	0.20	John Cornyn Breaks Wind: Rick Noriega will Win	alpolitics	02:00
107	17	103	66	78	565	0.43	I will vote McCain because of his experience	chap	10:10
108	17	67	45	55	433	0.32	Obama in a Blowout: Election Will Not Be Close	PolitX	14:24
109	17	66	13	24	119	0.20	The Electromagnetic Spectrum IV - Shorter Lambda than Microwaves	Translator	22:37
110	17	54	17	30	105	0.22	Pooties and Woozles and Bears....With Pics	Louisiana 1976	10:46
111	17	40	26	37	204	0.24	We can all help elect Pres. Obama with a simple gesture	YoungOCDem	20:04
112	17	32	26	39	383	0.25	Minus 62: The Perfect Storm Hits McCain	Gramarye	20:51
113	17	32	19	28	144	0.21	Late Night Pooties	gtghawaii	01:46
114	17	15	11	23	183	0.19	McCain Proclaims Himself a Fool in New Ad	Avenging Angel	13:58
115	16	113	45	54	442	0.31	SMOKING GUN: Clinton Campaign's Politics of Racial Division	EarthTone	14:46
116	16	69	39	48	301	0.29	Stories in hilarious campaigning: John McCain	Sean in Motion	11:25
117	16	60	27	38	362	0.24	NYT Op-ED: When Dumb People Do Math	DJ Adequate	14:38
118	16	55	31	40	207	0.25	NJ SD: Exploiting Jewish/Black Tensions Discussed By "High Level" Clinton Staff	leftahead	11:36
119	16	40	16	25	151	0.19	Appalachia will not be a lost cause come November + UPDATE	Dirk Thrust	18:16
120	16	32	16	28	291	0.20	Free Speech Zones Disappear With Obama	MomFromHlwdFL	08:15
121	16	29	20	28	173	0.20	I am white.	StrangeAnimals	18:42
122	14	140	46	54	423	0.31	The Dog's First Hate Mail!	Something the Dog Said	16:49
123	14	53	21	31	178	0.20	Edwards:  No VP,   AG maybe.	dkmich	15:48
124	14	48	18	29	145	0.20	They were planning the Iraq War--in 2001!	Bill Prendergast	00:59
125	14	39	27	38	252	0.23	The Unlikely Fall of Hillary Rodham Clinton.	XOVER	23:57
126	14	34	21	32	452	0.21	New Rasmussen: Do we have a bounce?	zbbrox	10:16
127	14	30	17	29	250	0.20	Photos of Markos, Simon Rosenberg, & Gavin Newsom	ari	16:10
128	12	147	58	69	575	0.37	Many Obama supporters helping McCain/Bush campaign	derDunkelRover	15:54
129	12	93	46	51	262	0.29	Edwards rules out VP candidacy... unfortunately	MadNiagaraFallsNY	10:01
130	12	80	41	52	433	0.29	O.M.G.: What the Extremist Christian Right is Up To	Nature Maven	17:45
131	12	57	25	33	293	0.20	This is why the teeth post needs to go	Lipo	03:33
132	12	56	42	49	290	0.28	Dream Ticket: Barack Obama and Caroline Kennedy	rbedi100	11:52
133	10	97	42	45	256	0.25	I may be beating a dead horse but....	frangstration	18:27
134	10	63	44	51	361	0.28	The Lieberman Bashing Must Change Course	Pragmaticus	21:56
135	10	36	26	34	410	0.20	I've posted this on several pro-Hillary websites:	brdc4	20:53
136	9	154	47	51	188	0.28	Why Isn't the U.S. Taking Action Against Israel?	Larry Madill	11:11
137	9	79	35	41	219	0.23	Dow down 411, oil up $8-$11, unemploment up .5%	sd4david	14:40
138	9	55	34	42	264	0.23	Why Did McCain Even Give That Speech?	Androsko	16:53
139	8	187	74	81	659	0.43	Prepare to be disappointed by VP pick	neonineten	11:00
140	8	52	31	34	162	0.19	Why couldn't I have been a black woman?	wchogg	11:58
141	8	51	35	41	378	0.22	"I'm Switching to Independent"	archkcmo	12:41
142	7	187	44	48	186	0.26	To Hillary supporters thinking about McCain	bayman	00:24
143	7	102	34	35	165	0.19	McCain wants to spend taxpayers' dollars... to put a man on Mars?	Rian Fike	09:27
144	6	271	55	59	256	0.31	No Love for Hillary Clinton w/ Poll	filibusted	20:12
145	6	64	41	43	210	0.23	Call the "Obama is the Antichrist" canard for what it is--racism	Christian Dem in NC	18:31
146	6	60	38	42	183	0.22	Is "Ivy League educated" the latest smear?	yazilikaya	11:18
147	5	174	81	82	447	0.43	The Demonization of Hillary Clinton	Jumpcity	16:09
148	3	57	37	38	162	0.20	My off-the-wall thoughts on Obama's VP search...	originalsibling	00:46
149	2	242	85	85	297	0.44	You've convinced me..	Pumpkinlove	09:07
150	1	341	91	91	264	0.47	She does not need to do anything!	catfish	13:41

Impact total:  124.3

 rank - Order based on number of recommendations.
 nrec - Number of recommendations
 ncom - Number of comments
 tator - Number of commenters or commenTators (ow, ... sorry, I know).
 cnx - Number of connections, which is the total of commenters and recommenders, without duplication.
 impact - Calculated currently using nrec and cnx
 Diary - A hyperlink to the Daily Kos diary displaying the title.
 Author - Hyperlink to the diary authors Daily Kos home page.
 Time - Post time shown as time of day for daily lists and date for weekly posts.

NB: Some diaries on this list were still open for recommendation at the time it was compiled.

Please bring any errors to my attention -- jotter

Bonus Feature: One Year Ago In Daily Kos

2007-06-07 00:02:05 - 2007-06-07 23:55:00
DailyKos diaries = 256;  256 per day; 10.7 per hour
Active Kogs: 3267 (writes a diary, recommends a diary, or comments on a diary)

Kogs who	comment	recommend	write a diary	only	all
comment	2121	1240	224	773	116
recommend	1240	2356	118	1114	116
write	224	118	256	30	116

Diaries

diaries with >=	0	1	10	30	100
recommendations	256	250	126	48	16
commentators	256	251	169	53	6
connections	256	250	207	92	17

Diaries with date of publication not same as sid date: 0

Impact statistics from all 256 diaries.
min = 0.00, median = 0.149, average = 0.34, max = 6.05, total =   87.8 bharns
r50 = 16 (at 0.90 bharns)

Graph statistics
Observed writer-(reader  or writer) pairs: 10916
Maximum possible such pairs: 3267 x 256 = 836352
Network Density (observed/possible):  1.305%
Average degree (links/user) = 10916/3267 = 3.341

rank	nrec	ncom	tators	cnx	impact	Diary	Author	EDT
1	566	321	138	636	6.05	Cheney Placed At Center Of Domestic Spying Scandal!	Turkana	04:36
2	388	225	128	434	4.14	Well, I guess I'm an insider now!	hekebolos	18:28
3	359	182	108	412	3.86	How the Republicans REALLY stole 2004.	Eternal Hope	00:02
4	321	236	147	413	3.59	Panicked White House Posts on RedState, Lies to its Base	thereisnospoon	19:47
5	320	614	150	420	3.60	Novak Provides More Signs Edwards Is Doing Something Right	davidsirota	12:54
6	274	136	74	305	2.92	Combating the Ignorance of Cover	L C Johnson	15:51
7	252	353	112	331	2.84	Putin shows how not to fold against Bush	Jerome a Paris	18:09
8	245	85	50	261	2.58	First "Concrete Evidence" of CIA Secret Prisons	Magnifico	23:20
9	238	157	76	280	2.58	Bandar Bush Fingered In $2 Billion Bribery Probe	LondonYank	04:09
10	210	196	91	274	2.36	Updated w/Transcript: Levin and Reed Call for Hadley's Firing	Mahler3	11:26

Double Bonus Election Year Bonanza Feature: One Election Cycle Ago in Daily Kos

2006-06-06 00:08:46 - 2006-06-06 23:59:39
DailyKos diaries = 301;  301 per day; 12.5 per hour
Active Kogs: 3524 (writes a diary, recommends a diary, or comments on a diary)

Kogs who	comment	recommend	write a diary	only	all
comment	2241	1248	244	869	120
recommend	1248	2478	124	1226	120
write	244	124	301	53	120

Diaries

diaries with >=	0	1	10	30	100
recommendations	301	271	98	28	17
commentators	301	287	131	37	6
connections	301	271	190	63	19

Diaries with date of publication not same as sid date: 0

Impact statistics from all 301 diaries.
min = 0.00, median = 0.095, average = 0.26, max = 8.29, total =   78.6 bharns
r50 = 12 (at 1.56 bharns)

Graph statistics
Observed writer-(reader  or writer) pairs: 9911
Maximum possible such pairs: 3524 x 301 = 1060724
Network Density (observed/possible):  0.934%
Average degree (links/user) = 9911/3524 = 2.812

rank	nrec	ncom	tators	cnx	impact	Diary	Author	EDT
1	742	579	373	955	8.29	A Shameful Political Ploy	Senator Russ Feingold	10:59
2	581	240	167	675	6.27	Pissed in the 50th	sculi2000	03:30
3	443	433	195	563	4.93	This Is What Is Endangering My Marriage	ladylib	17:10
4	233	247	118	300	2.60	Wives and War and Ann Coulter	irishwitch	15:22
5	223	395	157	339	2.66	Markets Dropped Hard Yesterday; Here's Why	bonddad	08:44
6	215	50	39	235	2.28	BIG NEWS: DeLay's sex abuse victims may finally see justice!	dengre	23:59
7	197	61	39	214	2.08	Ready for some Good News?	Land of Enchantment	22:49
8	195	282	115	258	2.20	George Bush Made Me Fat	mrsdbrown1	08:05
9	186	131	84	226	2.04	SCOTTY SHOW with Tony Snow!  Kumbaya and Queers Edition!	karateexplosions	18:31
10	150	149	68	198	1.69	Markos sez: Dean saved me from CIA; Gore won't run; the Hillary Q	raines	15:32

Diaries from two years ago. Tuesday June 06, 2006
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